If handled well, most people wouldn't notice that they disappeared ...
Take welfare for example, I would phase it out over a 10 year period. The payments would be frozen at todays value, and in year one I would allow welfare recipients to earn $250/month without penalty, and for every dollar earned above $250 they would lose $0.50 in benefits. In year 2 they could earn $500/month without penalty, and every dollar they earn above $500 would result in a $0.50 loss in benefits; and you continue with this increasing the maximum earnings while getting benefits for years to follow.
After about 5 years you start to reduce benefits and create a much more difficult to get into social program for those who legitimately can't work; and these people shouldn't be hard to see because the average person who is exploiting the system will (probably) jump at the opportunity to earn money on top of welfare, especially when it gets to $500/month or $1000/month without penalty.
After 10 years the average person who was on welfare would have been working full time for years and (almost) fully supporting themselves; and the small portion who this was not a legitimate option would have moved to the social program that was far more difficult to get into.
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